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Intel Core i5-8260U vs Intel Core i3-4130

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-8260U

Rank 2 - 85 %

Intel Core i3-4130

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-8260U

Rank 2 - 54 %

Intel Core i3-4130

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

1,288

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,046

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,655

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

2,101

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

923

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

812

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,624

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,782

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 620

422

Intel HD Graphics 4400

368

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8260U	Intel Core i3-4130
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000U (KL) (7)	Intel Core i 4000 (64)
Architecture	Kaby Lake U Refresh	Haswell S
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1528	LGA 1150
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-7260U
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8260U	Intel Core i3-4130
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	2x
Frequency:	1.60 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	2.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8260U	Intel Core i3-4130
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 620	Intel HD Graphics 4400
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.10 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	20 / 160
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	16 GB	2 GB
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Release date	Q3/2016	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8260U	Intel Core i3-4130
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8260U	Intel Core i3-4130
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 12	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8260U	Intel Core i3-4130
TDP	15 W	54 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	25 W
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8260U	Intel Core i3-4130
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2019	Q3/2013
Release price	297 $	117 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-8260U is 4.4 stars (5 ratings), while Intel Core i3-4130 has received 3.7 stars (26 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-8260U
4C / 8T · 1.60 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i3-4130
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

★★★★★